title: Leclercia adecarboxylata cellulitis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Leclercia adecarboxylata is a rare, gram-negative rod that has been infrequently reported in the literature. The organism has been documented to cause solitary infections in immunocompromised hosts and polymicrobial wound infections in the immunocompetent. We present a case of an 8-year-old boy with significant past medical history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed cellulitis due to local infection by L. adecarboxylata. This case is presented to raise awareness of this rare organism's ability to cause common cutaneous disease, especially in the immunocompromised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Avnee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Kudakwashe R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Chikwava
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Treat
mesh_terms: D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology